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Re: Solar Mosquito Repellant

Hi Ken, When I started reading your piece about this device I thought you had tested it. It would be wonderful if one did work! But these sound devices have

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, Jan 26, 2009

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Hi Ken,

When I started reading your piece about this device
I thought you had tested it.

It would be wonderful if one did work!

But these sound devices have been around for some
years and are usually condemned as in the

notice below - from the NSW
government.

Graham

Reducing
Mosquito Bites

Mosquitoes are always active during the warmer months with populations
greatest during summer and early autumn, particularly following rainfall or high
tides.

Personal protection is the best way to reduce biting by mosquitoes and, if
you are active outdoors or living close to wetlands, there are some simple
measures you can undertake to protect yourself and your family from mosquito
bites:

Avoid going outside around dusk and dawn as during these periods
mosquitoes are most active, particularly close to wetland or bushland areas.

Apply an insect repellent (the best repellents contain at least 20% DEET
or Picaridin) to areas of exposed skin. So-called natural insect repellents
(usually containing plant extracts such as citronella and eucalyptus) only
offer limited protection and may not provide sufficient protection alone from
mosquitoes.

Burn insect repellent coils or sticks or use electronic heat pads. The
most suitable products are those that include an insecticide (e.g.
bioallethrin) that kills mosquitoes rather than simply repelling them.

Avoid sonic buzzers or other gadgets that claim to use sound to
repel mosquitoes as these products have been shown to be ineffective.

Ensure flyscreens are properly fitted to doors and windows, and are kept
in good condition. Cover chimney tops or ventilation vents during the summer
months.

Sleep under mosquito nets in unscreened houses or while camping.

When mosquitoes are present, spray an environmentally acceptable aerosol
underneath beds, behind furniture and other dark places before
dusk.

Hi Great Thinkers,

I am just revisiting one of the
discussions that has been of major interest.Malaria has been and
still is the World's leading killer.We have been rubbing minds and
exploring on how different technologies and traditional ways could be
employed to contain Malaria.We have also been through discussions
and experiments on innovative Solar gadgets by Graham.

I came
across a hook type solar mosquito repellant with a compass- a duty free
gadget sold in British airways planes.I don't know how much it would
retail in the ordinary local markets.My Fiancee bought it for us at
an equivallent Ksh 1500.I have experimented it's effectiveness in
the past one week and i must admit my findings are worth sharing.The
gadget is more suitable for not only campers, holiday makers, hikers,
outdoor sports but also the poor slum and village communities.It is
so mobile and can be placed on a table in the living room, a window in
the bedroom, a wall in the rest rooms or carried along anywhere anyone
walks.The main function of this gadget is to repel mosquitoes (which
as everyone knows are a nuisance to us all) by using the newest sound
wave technology.According to scientific research, the female
mosquitoes normally bites during their spawning period, at this time
they do not like being approached by male mosquitoes.So the
repellent produces the same frequency of the male mosquito (around
5KHZ-9KHZ) to repel the female mosquito away.

This gadget works
by generating sound wave which imitates the sound of a male mosquito to
deter spawning female mosquitoes. it has been proven that a breeding
female will bite humans and animals. By nature, female mosquitoe will
attempt to avoid the male.By using this principle (Sound wave
technology), it guarantees no harm to any human, animal,or any
environmental pollution.A slight mild audible sound may be
heard if you are close enough to the device. This means it is
working correctly.No battery is needed as it operates by Solar
power.It has a compass-to assist people (students or travellers) to
identify the directions in outdoors.It can be easily hooked on a
coat, bag or anything that one is carrying.We have seen in our
studies that where as a mosquto net would be best in preventing malaria,
mosquitoes would still bite anytime before one gets inside his/her net
covered bed to sleep.This device would therefore be of benefit
because it works anytime during the day or night.Other than the bed
net, the malaria prone communities should equally be sensitized on other
measures of containing mosquitoes as clearing bushes, clean
environment, clearing or spraying stagnant ponds and water places with
insecticides, using mosquito repellant jellies which can be made from
neem tree or pepper or burning pepper in an open fire -a popular
traditional way of producing pepper scented environment that kills
insects.

I confirmed from the local drug stores here and i
realised that the anti-malarial drugs are outrageously / exorbitant
priced.A visiting tourist has to part with Ksh 2,500 per month
for cheap generic anti- malarial medication.There has been an
increase of people from poor communities using mosquito nets as
fishing nets, the recent case was reported during the floods that hit
Bundalagi constituency in Kenyan Western province.In regard to the
above concerns,i reckon the solar mosquito repellant would be
practically appropriate and more useful.Perhaps Peter Ongele, Sam
Kongere, Graham or Fred Kayiwa would find it a matter of interest
to include/experiment on the gadget's concept as they have been doing
with the Solar Mobile Chargers, research and malaria community advocacy
programmes.Maria or William, Josephat, Kims and their Tanzania
counterparts would think of including this in their Solar and Mobile
repair projects.We would also brainstorm on the same concept to come
up with a cheap locally made prototype that would later be developed
into a gadget that the slum dwellers and rural communities can easily
afford.

I hope we can all think deep and widely to come up with
great ideas worth to bring positive change thus dispelling the myth that
poverty, low education, or limited resources is an hindrance towards
positive development- Yes we can.